The Master: "VOIT IS ADROIT" (and luke who's on first!)

For now, it's impossible to gauge the price of Luke Voit's future collector's edition, keepsake bobble-head on the 2018 Yankees.

For starters, we don't know whether this will turn out to be the Yankee 2018 Super Team of Mega-Destiny, or the 2018 Yankee Chicken Salad Sandwich of Disappointment. (To me, there is nothing more disappointing than a bad chicken salad sandwich, although Greg Bird is on a roll - no pun intended.) What we do know is that, last night, The Master rendered unto humankind his Voit homer-holler: VOIT IS ADROIT (which at first, I thought was, "Voit is a droid," a Star-Warzy theme that would have moved the Legendary Radio Voice of the Yankees, driven by Jeep, into this millennium.)

You don't need me to say what Voit did. His two HRs saved the Empire from a kidney-punch loss to the undeniably worst team in MLB. Without Voit - (aka with Bird) - the Yankees would have lost to a team that a) muffed a foul pop, b) threw a ball into CF, c) overthrew the 1B on a routine grounder and d) stranded 19 baserunners. (As we did, by the way.) The stony look on Buck Showalter's face after a ball dropped between the catcher and 1B - (keep in mind, Buck is one of the supervillains on this site) - if I were a juju god, I still wouldn't do that to the guy. 

But getting back to Voit. He has my voit for Yankee 1B. And today, we might get a glimpse of the full difference between Aaron Boone and Joe Girardi. Voit needs to keep going. Girardi was famous for his binders, which functioned as blinders. It didn't matter if a guy hit two HRs on Friday. Come Saturday, he'd be benched according to the matchups. Today, we play two games. Surely, Voit will start in one. Last night, he did more damage than Bird did in the last two weeks.

By the way, Bird is showing a flash of class and self-awareness. He said this: It sucks to suck. A great line. They say he reached out to Tyler Austin to assure him that his dad's public criticism would not stretch their friendship. Nice. He deserves our respect. I think in a year or two, around age 28, he will be a solid major league 1B. I just doubt it will happen with the Yankees. He has squandered our loyalty. We can't wait forever.

But getting back to the opening premise: What will be Voit's final role on this team? If the Yankees win in 2018, it could be huge. Last night, without Voit, we could have energized the O's into a four-game, rabid, full-court press. With Seattle and Oakland winning, our wild card lead - forget Boston, that's what matters - would be down to 4 in the loss column. Today, we'd probably spit the doubleheader, leaving us to split the series against the patsy of patsies.

Instead of "ADROIT," we would be "ADRIFT."